Arxan, Symantec and Twitter to Discuss Key Mobile Application

Arxan, Symantec and Twitter to Discuss Key Mobile Application
Security Strategies to Defend Against the Latest Threats: Application
Attacks
Leading Security Experts to Explore Today's Threat Landscape in the
App Economy and Offer Key Insights on Counter Measures to Rising App
Attacks, Such as Malware
BETHESDA, MD -- (Marketwire) -- 11/28/12 -- Arxan Technologies, a
leading provider of software security solutions that protect the
global App Economy, announced today it will participate in a mobile
application security webinar with Symantec and Twitter to address the
latest security threats to the App Economy as organizations adopt
mobile devices to deliver sensitive data and applications to
consumers, partners and employees. The expert panel will also provide
insight on proven risk mitigation best practices for organizations to
defend against the growing number of application attack vectors.
The "Mobile Application Security: How to Respond to the Latest
Threats" webinar takes place today (Nov. 28) at 10 a.m. EST. To
register, please visit:
http://www.bankinfosecurity.com/webinars/mobile-application-security-how-to-respond-to-latest-threats-w-304
Participating in the webinar are Dr. Hoi Chang, vice president of
technology and chief software architect, Arxan Technologies, Brian
Duckering, senior manager - Enterprise Mobility, Symantec, and famed
security researcher Charlie Miller, security engineer for Twitter.
Organizations are deploying mobile applications to run critical
processes or deliver services through web, client or hybrid apps. As
highly critical sectors, such as the financial industry, continue to
innovate via the adoption of new mobile services, such as mobile
banking, peer-to-peer transactions or bill payment, the underlying
consumer-facing or internal applications that reside in or
communicate with mobile devices, now host tremendous value and
functionality. The application layer for Android, BlackBerry, iOS,
Windows Phone, etc. mobile devices has become a clear target for
hackers and is subject to both vulnerability-based attacks which
exploit programming flaws as well as a new array of
reverse-engineering and tampering attacks, such as malware, which
compromise overall application integrity.
Mobile device security and appl
ication management measures need to be
augmented by proven mobile app security strategies, including
application hardening. Today's global hackers can easily disarm the
various layers of an organization's mobile security framework, such
as jailbreak detection or authentication logic, enabling the theft of
sensitive user credentials to commit fraud and inflict damage
resulting in financial losses or brand compromise. App integrity
requirements to protect against malware insertion are paramount and
require security at the binary level to defend against app hacking
attacks and to enable organizations to deploy self-defending,
tamper-proof mobile apps.
The webinar will address:
-- The current threat landscape, including exploitations, and mobile
malware, app reverse engineering and tampering;
-- How to ensure use of secure mobile applications;
-- How to target mobile security defense to protect not just the device,
but the data and apps.
Webinar attendees will learn:
-- Counter measures to thwart the top mobile application security
threats;
-- How to separate fact from fiction concerning mobile malware and its
threat to data and apps;
-- Why mobile device management and mobile application management require
complementary security strategies to fully protect apps; and,
-- How to re-train organizational security teams to overcome the inherent
challenges of managing, developing and securing mobile apps.
Arxan's proven security for mobile, embedded, desktop and server
computing environments protect critical sectors such as financial
services software with best of breed anti-tamper and anti-reverse
engineering technology. The company's multi-layered and
multi-platform protection consists of a variety of security
technologies, including passive and active defenses such as:
obfuscation, anti-debug, repair, self-healing and anti-tamper to
ensure durability, resiliency and performance in the field.
ABOUT ARXAN TECHNOLOGIES:
Arxan Technologies Inc. is the industry
leader of application protection solutions that protect the App
Economy. Arxan secures mobile, desktop, server and embedded
applications against tampering and reverse-engineering attacks and is
an integral part of end-to-end application security. Our security
defends against tampering, unauthorized use, insertion of exploits,
piracy, and theft of intellectual property for global leaders in
markets such as Fortune 500 enterprises, financial services, ISVs,
gaming and digital media to proactively defend the integrity of their
code and business models. Arxan's proven, scalable and durable
application protection solutions defend, detect, alert and react to
application attacks through a threat-based, customizable approach.
Arxan Technologies is headquartered in the United States with global
offices in EMEA and APAC. For more information, please visit
www.arxan.com.
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CONTACT:
Arxan Technologies, Inc.
Jodi Wadhwa
Phone: +1-301-968-4295
jwadhwa@arxan.com
Lutz PR for Arxan
Erin Lutz
Phone: +1-949-293-1055
erin@lutzpr.com